Far Cry Series To Remain In Africa?

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UK-based blogchums Videogaming247 were clever enough to remember to go to Leipzig (unlike us) and consequently they’ve come back with special Far Cry information. Ubisoft Montreal are, apparently, already in the initial stages of the third Far Cry game. Here’s the interesting bit:

“There are still things we want to do with the African setting, and I think it’s safe to say we’ll continue to explore it. That said, we might find something new and compelling about the Antarctic setting that wants us to make the next game there, but honestly, we’re still at the preliminary stages.”

If Far Cry 2 ends up being good I rather hope this third game has a brief iteration time, rather than being another four-year project.

Wait, how about Australia? Has any kind of free-roamer been set there in the outback/inland regions? With a game set in the inland area of Australia you wouldn’t have time to fight baddies because you’d be too busy watching out for spiders which have inexplicably evolved potent enough venom to drop a small town.

Africa is one of the biggest continents on the planet, with a huge variety of environment types. Antarctica kind of only has one environment. So in the name of providing a wide range of locations, this seems a very well choice.